Surgical Aspects of Thoracic Tuberculosis: A Contemporary Review-Part 2

Current Problems in Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 771-829

  Pezzella, A Thomas ^a   Fang, Wentao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CHEST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BARIUM; BCG VACCINE; CAPREOMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; ISONIAZID; ITRACONAZOLE; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ATELECTASIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARIUM ENEMA; BREATHING EXERCISE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EMPYEMA; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MIDDLE LUNG LOBE SYNDROME; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MUSCLE FLAP; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTPRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 52249112673     PISSN: 00113840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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